Vol._ 6, No, 8, Nov. 18, 1959 Berni -Mo,~thly $6 per year by iirst class mail .\ NEvVS CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS . , / HEP'I:'AGQNALS, VanCortlandtPark, N.Y., Nov:. 6. Army 31, Yale ,,76, N,vy83, . Brown 107, Cornell 1~9-~Greene, A, 24:42 (5 miles_); Laris, Dartmouth, 24:57; Lowe~ ,Br, " 25:24; Kunkle, N, -25:'29; Johes, A, 25:43; Bender, A, 25:57; NiacLeod, N, 25:59. _ BIG EIGHT, Lawrence, Kansas, Nov. 7 (3 miles). Kansas 51, Iowa State -87, Nebraska . 94, Missouri 95, Colorado 98, Okla. sState 112, Kansas State 152, Oklahoma 178. Eisenman, , r OS, 13:55.2, ·record (Old record, 14:00.4, Hodgson, Okla., 195$_;Mills~ K, 14:11;· Hodgson; 0, 14:14;Frakes, C, 14:17; Darby, IS, 14:19; American Horse, N, 14:22; Hanneken, ·M, 14:27. NATIONAL AAU JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, Detroit, Nov. 7 (10,000 meters). C~n~ral Michigan 55, Western Mich, frosp 56. Kidd, East York T.C •. , 30:30.1; Jo:rmp.kka, E. Mich. 1 CENTRAL COLLEGIATES, Chica.go, Nov. '13 (4 miles). West 1em Michigan. Ashmore, ' WM, 20: 08; Rivers, Drake; (25 yds). - ·· , , . ) } BIG TEN,Chicago, Nov. 13 (4 miles). Michigan State 17, Iowa 49, Kennedy, MS, 20:12.3. , NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION, Wheaton, Ill. Nov. 14. S. Dakota State 67, Whiteley, Kansas State Teachers. , · , , IC4A, Van dortlandt Par!<, N. Y. Nov. 16 (5 miles). Michigan State 50, Army 105. C. Kennedy, MS, ~3:51.8, record (Old record, H. Kennedy, MS, 24:0l.8, 1956). TRACK RESULTS ,, , Pretoria,, South Africa, Oct. -2,1: Je!ferys 21. O; Day 21. 2; Spence 46, ~; Malan 14. 2w; Potgieter 51. S; Thorburn 52. 6; Smith 52. 6; Du.Plessis'.180'8½". Oct. 25: Budapest: Zsivotsky, 207'8}"; Klics, 180'6½"; Petovari, 25:3'½". Barcelona: Waegli, Switz, 2: 23. 4; Misalla, Ger, 2: 23. 8; Suarez; Arg, 0 14~18.8~ Athens, Oct. 25: Bravi, It, 24'4½". Oct. 26: Giannone, It, 21. 3. Potchefstroom~ South Africa. O<::t. 28: Jefferys 21.2; Spence 46.6; Brei:mer, Ger, 1:50,?; ) Laurence, 1:51.8; Potgieter 51.. 5; Kruger 14f5¼"; Du Plessis 178'1¾". .'. Pt~. Elizabeth, South Africa, Oct. 30: Garn per, Ger, 9~4 (wind 2 m/ s); McCay 1:53'. 2; Brenner, Ger, 1:53.,4; Potgietcr, 23.1; Molzberger 24'4!"; Potgieter 54.1; Luxon 21.1; ' ~ • I BUL'LETIN BOARD Next Newsletters Dec. 9, 23; Jan. 6, 20. Track & Field News mailed Dec. 3. · 1 TWO NEW 1P-LANS are ndw available for buying:the reference books every Track Nut needs and wants. I , I, \ 1. The "Annual Packagel' ~eludes the 1960 NCAA Guide ($1); the 1960 A,4U Handbook ($1. 7q); ,,, the 1960 High1 School Annual ($1); and the 19_60 ATFS Annual ($1. 50). Total value _is $5. 25. ,' ·:c: You pay only $5. 00 now and get the books as they are available. This not only saves you , { $. Z5 but saves the time and money inv-0l~ed in writing four different orders. -" 2. "Advance Credit" also will simplify 'your book ordering. Yo\l send us $5 or _more. We estcl>lish a credit in your name. Whenever you want a subscription, a book, or any other ,,,, merchandise you need simply ,drop us a postcard. Wetll fill the order, charge your account; , and let you know how much you have left. You eliminate the trouble and 'exp1;nsc of contin-: · ually writing chl;!cks or getting money orders.. ' . •. · , , You can .combine the two plans by estcl>lislting an advance credit of more than $5 and 1 ' ' .·,,. " ,. ··'' - J;/ I '": ;".' ;,,, 1f · ', '.p. ',;/' '/.'),>,I \ ·,:<(1 -,· '_ '0; :, d·, ~·l~~t/</,. ( r ,.,-:1· ·1_ ordering 'the "Annual Pa9~ge" ,at the .s~me time. You will get the boq!<,sas they are pub­ lished and will ha'!'.e the funds with ·us for any of your other cxpooses.' ', . , r I ' TRACK NUTS QUIZ v·; ' / ' 1 ' · " ' Answers to this quiz appear at the bottom of the page. , . 10' What college has had three double winners in the blympic Games .sprints? 2. Who finished second when Plcrb 1 ~lliott ran his 3: 54. 5 !l1il~ and what was ,his time? , 3. At wha.t meet didGlenrt IDav'is first break 50 seconds for the 400-meter hurdles? 4. Wh9 won the 440-yard dash at the 1958 B'ritish Empire Games and what ,was his time,? 5. What Eastern college did Herb McKenley attend before tt?,nsferrµig to Illinois? -·6. Who tied for the 1958 NCAA 'disaus .title and at what distance? - . ' I 1 I , ..,.:-, ,7. Who ran on the J~maica team that set a world !600 meters relay record at the , , 19~.2 Olympic Games? . , .' ·· 1 ·• · 8. -How many points did K~sas score in winning the .1959 ~CAA' championship? . ; ,1 ,· ~ 9~ Who has run the fastest ,mile in the world this year an'd what was his time? · ' .. 1~. Who finished second to Emil Zatopck in the 10,000 meters at the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Gam~s? · · · · ' \ ' ' , WINO SPRINTS J. Alfred LeConey,_ a 'member of the 1924 U.S. Olympic team, 'di~ of a heart attack / Nov. 11 at the·:age . of 58. While a student at Lafayette College, · LeCoriey won the IC4A 100 and - , 22~ championships Jn1922. He was anchor man on the United States' ,inrUng 409-mcter : , ..- 1 ,' 1 rel ,ay team at the 1924 Olympic 'Grupes ••• Charley Jenkins, the Olympi9 · 400 meters .champion, is ih formosa to train track and field athletes on a tour arrruiged under the State Depart- · ment'',i, educat~on' and exchange program. He will leave for Saigon Dec. 7 ~.-: . High jumper _ . ,,.John Thomas and sprinter Ray Nortm'l have been invited to t<:mrAustrali~ next Februa:g, and March by the Victorian Amateur Athletic Assn ••• the A•ssoci~ted Press reports that nb · measur~ment was taken , when Thomas reportedly leape ,d,7'1'' h1a practice ·session rec(;!ntly. Th,e leap was only calculated at 7'1\' ••• Max Kase~ sports editor of the , New York Journal .. • 4merica:n, recently conducte4 a poll among sports wr jters to ·determ .ine the "greatest living 1i athletes of the age." The top three in track were: Jesse Ow~ns, Glenn .Cwmingham, and , ,Cornelius Warmerclam. , · 1 ' . ' ./ I 'f ,/ ( :-- .,_ '.> , NOTED WITH INTEREST HAROLD KEITH, sports publicity director at Oklahoma, has written a feature on the history of the Big Eight cross c<;>Untry meet. It goes bac;k to, Nov. 1911, when, the first Big Eight harrier championships were hcldr · , · _ ' ,· >~-; / , Lewi~ R. Anderson of Nebraska was the individual winner in the first col;lfe:tence cross ' ) .--l' \ country race held ,~y 'schools th~t now largely comprise the Big Eigpt. AndeFson, who later · made the U.S. ,Olympic team, won easily in 27:58 on a hilly course at Lawrence, Kansas, where the "big liill (Mt~ Dread) rose 110 feet in 600 feet of rW111ing11 reported the Iowa State , 1 Student of Nov. 20, 1911.l , \ 1• • , , ,,_ Anaerson ts feat lay 'b~ied 'in ,anonyttijty for 40 years. The Iowa ' ~tate S.tudqnt ,said it\ 1 1 '. / was . '1Andersbn's 'first year and his first race." A painstakil1,g -check ,made)ast fall by Big Eight sports publici,,sts filled in lots of gaps in conference cross country liistory. \ \t A Missourian naI;t1ed Smith was second in -the first meet. Iowa State, coached by_Jack Watson, took the team championship with 43 points'. ·The distarlce was fiv~ miles, almost double the three miles the eight schools ran mthe conference meet this year. , · , ' ; Missouri won the 1912 meet at Qolumbia ~ith newspapaer accoimts _,of the day divul- ging that-Rex Wickham of ~issouri permitted 'James W,. Chapman, a tepmmate, a courte _sy vi~tory in 27: 28. 2. TP,e Iowa State student ne_wspa.pe1: protested that the race was pm on 'J 11 "bti,ck pave111ent ancl1macadam roads. · , l, ' ' • I 1' I ,, , \/ • • ! I j • , , ''Quiz Answers -- 1~Univers 'ity of Michigan. , Archie Hahrt, 1904; ;Ralph Cr~ig, 1912; and ( 1 Eddie Tolan/ 1932. 2. Me:rv Lincoln; Australia, 3:55. 9. 3. 1956 U. s. Olympic ·-r:ryouts in Los Angeles. 4, Milklia Singh, India, 46 •. 6. 5. Boston College. 6. Rink Babka, USC, and Al Oerter, ' Kansas, l8f2". ·7. A,tthur , Wint, · Les Laing, , Herb Mc,Kenley, George Rhoden / 8•.,: ' . 7~. 9. Siegfried Val~ntin, East Germany, ,3: 56. 5, 10. Alain .Mimoun, France. , · ' , ~1 ' ! . ,- ,, ''' • .I. 1 ~f I _/ I • - .t "' , -•~-r } \' ·r , I.,.<' '.' ! ,) I ' '\ I ( . :, -P,ROFILES 0 -F C HA:MPIONS :PALLAS CRUTCHER LONG, shot -put, 19, 6'4", 255 pounds, blonde hair, green eyes, born June' 13,' 1940, Pine Bluff, Ark. Student, U,J:!iversityof Southern California. ( : · Sta.tted track when 14-years-old as a freshtnan ,at North Phoenpc:l-iigh School in Arizona. Threw 12-pound shot 42'6" .in his firs_t'.ye8f and improved to 56'.8i' ' as a sophomore. In 1957, f tossed the ,1'2-poun'd ball 61'5" and set a national high school record of 69'3¼~•in 195_8.Got his biggest thiill ·Vv>henhe tossed th~ 16-pound shot 61'½" for second place at the pompt9n Invita.;. tional meet. Went qn to place second 1 in the Natiol!al AAU meet with 'a '60'5" effort and took second -in the USA-Russia dual meet. Enrolled at Southern California and set a national freshman f.ecord in ~959 with atoss of 6f7' ~ in a frqsh d\14'1q1eet against UCLA_,.-Hi~ mark broke the wodd record but .came on his seventh trial and the JAAF rules allow only six.